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Dr Annika Theodoulou interviews Dr James Buszkiewicz about his research on e-cigarette use among adolescents under Tobacco 21 policies.

In this episode, Dr Annika Theodoulou speaks to Dr James Buszkiewicz, a Research Assistant Professor and social epidemiologist at the University of Michigan, United States. The interview covers James’s research article covering the associations between county-level e-cigarette-inclusive Tobacco 21 law population coverage and e-cigarette use behaviors among United States adolescents. Tobacco 21 laws and e-cigarette-inclusive Tobacco 21 laws [01:29] The importance of exploring e-cigarette-inclusive T21 laws and e-cigarette use behaviors [03:30] The use of the Monitoring the Future Study [04:25] The key findings of the study [06:34] The expectations and surprising findings from the study [09:02] The implications of the findings internationally [10:54] About Annika Theodoulou: Annika is a researcher at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford. Her work focuses on health behaviours, including smoking cessation and weight management, with an emphasis on evidence synthesis. Annika’s doctoral research, funded by the Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA) and The Rotary Foundation, examined socioeconomic inequalities in smoking cessation…

People in this episode

Host: Dr Annika Theodoulou

Guest: Dr James Buszkiewicz

Topics covered

• e-cigarette use
• Tobacco 21 policies
• adolescent health
• social epidemiology
• public health research

Keywords

• e-cigarettes
• Tobacco 21
• adolescents
• public health
• social epidemiology
• research findings
• health behaviors

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Michigan, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, Society for the Study of Addiction, Nicotine & Tobacco Research, The Rotary Foundation

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